Surface Remediation in the Aleutian Islands: A Case Study of Amchitka Island, Alaska

• Main Authors: Giblin, M. O., Stahl, D. C., Bechtel, J. A.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: WM Symposia, Inc. 2002
• Subjects: Management; Testing; Us Corps Of Engineers; Waste Management; Amchitka Island Area; Nuclear Energy; Aleutian Islands; 29 Energy Planning; Policy And Economy; Construction; Contamination; 54 Environmental Sciences; Schedules; Security; Weather; Organizing; Amchitka; Amchitka Island; Pacific; Aleutian Island; Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc786378/

Amchitka Island, Alaska, was at one time an integral player in the nation's defense program. Located in the North Pacific Ocean in the Aleutian Island archipelago, the island was intermittently inhabited by several key government agencies, including the U.S. Army, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commiss...